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The Trayvon Martin case has generated hundreds of news accounts, scores of speeches, millions of online messages, discussions and tweets — and a good bit of misinformation. Here are some of the recurring items: Trayvon was trying to defend himself against a man who outweighed him by 100 pounds. Outweighed, yes. By 100 pounds, no. George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who says he killed Trayvon in self-defense, outweighed him by 30 or 40 pounds, according to family members. A Sanford police incident report says Trayvon was 6 feet tall and weighed 160 pounds. A spokesman for the family's lawyers gave a slightly different set of numbers: 6 feet 1 and 150 pounds....

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The Trayvon Martin case has generated hundreds of news accounts, scores of speeches, millions of online messages, discussions and tweets — and a good bit of misinformation. Here are some of the recurring items: Trayvon was trying to defend himself against...

George Zimmerman handed out fliers at black Sanford churches a year ago, outraged that a white police lieutenant's son, captured on video sucker-punching a homeless black man, was not arrested on the spot, family members said.The fliers urged people to...

The Sanford Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, did not instigate the encounter but has received death threats and moved out of his home, his father told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday. George...

A tumultuous week ended with a bombshell that is sure to ratchet up the anger and tension surrounding the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. A series of 911 calls from the last moments of Trayvon's life were supposed to shed light on why police...

George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who fired the shot that claimed the life of Trayvon Martin on a rainy night in Sanford last month, has been painted as a racist, a vigilante and a murderer.More than a half-million people have signed an...

Trayvon Martin threatened and beat George Zimmerman, Zimmerman's father said tonight in an exclusive interview on WOFL-Channel 35. "Trayvon Martin said something to the effect of 'you're going to die now' or 'you're going die tonight,' " Robert...

The latest twist in the Trayvon Martin coverage: George Zimmerman's father gave an interview Wednesday night without consulting his son's attorney, the lawyer told NBC's "Today" in an exclusive interview this morning. "I suppose he...

WOFL reporter Valerie Boey told me how she landed the interview with Robert Zimmerman. "He emailed me. I thought at first, I’m not going to get my hopes up. I went and met him in a public place," she said. "I asked to see his ID. I asked, 'Why me?' He said, 'B

Robert Zimmerman described his son as 5-feet-9 and under 200 pounds, Boey said. When might the public see George Zimmerman? His father doesn't know, and he fears that his son will be threatened, even if he's cleared, Boey said.

Fulton also said, "I believe that George Zimmerman hunted my son like an animal, tried to detain my son. My son tried to get away, and because he [Zimmerman] could not detain my son, an altercation ensued, and my son was shot and killed."

WKMG-Channel 6 tonight offered an interview with a neighbor who described George Zimmerman as caring and concerned. "I would never guess that he was racist or violent in any way," the woman said. "We've had many conversations about the constant break-ins ... a

Connecticut voters will decide the state's next governor, choose a new U.S. senator, and determine whether Republicans gain any of the state's five congressional seats, now all held by Democrats.
The governor's race is expected to be the closest in...